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Victims of Denair house fire, including 2 kids, identified by sheriff's department | Update

Fire crews originally attempted to rescue the three people inside, but had to pull out of the home due to dangerous conditions.

DENAIR, Calif. — Update:

The three victims who tragically lost their lives in a house fire in Denair have been identified, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office. 

Sergio Inostros, 25, Mason VanWinkle, 8 and Bennet Inostros, 3, sadly died after a fire broke out in the Fresno Avenue home. 

Fire crews originally attempted to rescue the people inside, but had to pull out of the home due to "heavy fire and collapsing roof." The sheriff's department did not say what caused the fire.  

Original story: 

Three people were found dead in a house after it caught on fire early Sunday morning in Denair, near Turlock.

The Denair Fire Department said the fire happened around 1:45 a.m. in the 3500 block of Fresno Avenue off of Main Street.

The fire department said there were reports of multiple people inside the home of the fire. Crews from across Stanislaus County came to help with the fire, according to a Facebook post.

Credit: Luke Cleary

Fire crews originally attempted to rescue the people inside, but had to pull out of the home due to "heavy fire and collapsing roof."

Investigators found three people dead inside the house after the fire was extinguished. The names of the victims have not been released yet.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said that two of the people who died were kids, a three-year-old boy and an eight-year-old boy, and the other was a 25-year-old man. The sheriff's department is still working to figure out the relationship between the three victims. 

Terry Metzger, superintendent for Denair Unified School District, confirmed with ABC10 that one of the children killed in the fire attended Denair Elementary Charter Academy. She said on-site grief counseling will be available for children and adults next week. 

The Stanislaus Regional Fire Investigation Unit is investigating the cause of the fire along with the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department. They do not believe that arson was the cause.

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